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" I could n.( make out the reason iif it :it tirxt, until i>iit- <if tin- bystander- pulled a corner 



of the blanket of the pilot's ted. w hell, to lli\ siirpris.-. tin- jerk as alis,-red b\ ail indol.-nl 



growl. My friend Hruin ha\ IIIL: ^i drench. -d by tin- shower, had broken his chain in <lis^n-i. 

 and actually found hi- wa\ to the pilot's U-.l. . laiiiU-n-d intuit, and rolled hiin^-lf can-fully 

 |H-!\\.-.-II th.- blank.-tv I!,., good-humored pil..i\\as n-t in tin- leaM angry, (Ml ORthtOOH 

 trary. highly amus-d. replying t.. my :i|Ni|ogies ILS I kicked out his strange I MI I fellow . ( >h ' 

 never mind, ini-i.-r ; why, what's tin- hindrance to tin- blankets U-iin: dri.-d aipiin 



Thf S;IMI.- animal had i-mii ri -t-<l a stroin: friendship w ith a little ante)o|>e which WBS 

 b-llow -voyager with liiin^-lf : and on <>m- .....IM..M ]-.if-.iiii.-d , m..-i rlii\aln>us nerrioe in 

 behalf of its defenoeleM lit:!, fri.-n<l. 



A> th.- :ili!. !..)- wa.s U-inc I'-l llil'-ii-h tli,- -H,. |>. i,,u : ,id- th.- \.--l. :i \:n^< ni:i-lilT |],.\ 

 at it, and w:i> with difhVulty k.-pt at liay l-\ th.- v >! and tick nf tin- jtenon who ww* hiuli 



itfit-il !! ,tur.-. Mr. 1'alliNer, who wti> f..ll.. imr "itii Hi.- lU-ar. ni*lnil to the 

 niitrun l>\ ih-- l' :n. wkodMhtd I-'M:\ forward and olond nli th- :i--.nlani 

 A ti.-iv.- .-<,nil>at n^u.-<|. in whirh thf Bear n-fniimxl at firMt from u**iiiK r hi> 

 teeth or cb MS and mnN-nt.-d hiniwlf with wizinf; the nuiMtiff in lii-* |M.w.-rful anus, and tlin;in>: 

 him i. ii hi. Lark with Mii-h vinlcn<-- tliiit it rolled over and o\.-r on the ground. Tlie dog, 

 .h.-.-1-.-d l>\ the voice of it.s liKisti-r. MK-4- l.-d at la-t in -i-. in- th.- l'-ar a t. .|.-raH \ -liai |. L'I i|. 



lietwtt-ii it-^ t--th. Incensed by the pain, Hruin lost hi* tfin]ier. and neizing the d<ig in hi 

 arms, Hqueeze<l the lireiith nearly out "f it-, liody. and was jm-iuirinK t<> n ii^ t.--th. \\ln-n tin- 

 dog, whirh was rapidly choking under thr t-nil)l.- preHHure of the Bear'n arm-. ...ntiivi-d t<> 

 a Middt-n struu^le. iind nin away with iiit-.us howls, li-avin^ the Bear 

 inaM.-r ..f th.- ti.-ld. 



The length of a w.-ll->rnwn adult inal.- is mth.-r more than ri>:ht f.--t six inches, and the 

 girth round the b<xly in equal to the lengtli. The weight of such an animal is rather more 

 than eight hundred pounds. S]Nfimen* still larger ar- sninetiines killed, but the average 

 Height and dimensions are as _-i\ ,-n alM>ve. 



The ]H>werfiil claws of this animal are employed not only f.r i-nmlat. Imt in digiring up 

 the earth for various purpose*, such an the aearrh after various root* and I mil*, and the in- 

 ment of some large animal which they have killed. Tin- instinct for Imrying tlu-ii pi.-y is HO 

 lar-.-ly il.-\ .-|..|..-d in th'-s.- <-r.-ar m>-s ih:it i!i.-\ IK, , . m> .1 , I h-m . -n- i n I. i v - ( I", tlf . i:i!t 

 of a hunter, who. when n-si-tan<-.- or .-st-ape wa.s impnicticiiMe. has simulated death in order t., 

 disarm the wrath of the terrible animal. Thinking the man to be dead, and not lx*ing irri- 

 tated by wounds, the Bear proceeds to wretch a pit in the earth, ami to drag the unn-*iftting 

 prey into the hollow, and to cover him can-fully with gnuw and leaves, pressin- them well 

 down, so as to conceal him effectually. Satisfied with ite precaution, the lt.-arU-tak.-s itx-if 

 to rest, and the buried hunter seiies the opportunity of slipping quietly away while the am 

 mal is engage. i in r.-jtoee. 



Grizzly Bears kept in captivity have always attracted great attention by their amusing 

 and playful habits. Two of these underwent once a surgical operation, while under the inllu 

 ence of chloroform. Bears are subject to ophthalmia, -|---iall \ w hen in confinement, and are 

 often totally deprived of sight by this disease. Until the discovery of the antithetic powers 

 of chloroform, the poor animals were doomed to hopeless blindness, but at the present day the 

 Bear is rendered as quiet and harmless as a guinea-pig under the influence of tin- j-otent \aj 



In order to place the sponge that contained the chloroform fairly under the animal's 

 nostrils, it was necessary to bring its head close to the bars of the cage, an operation which 

 was with difficulty effected by the united efforts of four strong men. The sponge was th.-n 

 affixed to its snout, and in a very short time the animal was lying on the floor of its cage, 

 without sense or motion. The door was then opened, and the Bear's head N-ing laid on a 

 plank outside th-- caire. the operator sj>eedily removed the ob-tacle. The animal was then 

 replaced in th here it lay for five or six minutes without motion, and at Uist contrived 



to get on its legs, and walk very unsteadily into its d>-n. The n.-\t morning saw the Bearxitting 

 at its ease, restored to sight, and feeling no apjiarent inconvenience from the contrast tietween 



morning's light and the thi.-k dullness that had for so long ppressed its vision. 



